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Cultural Beliefs, Not Science Education Split Climate Views
Global warming skeptics are not less educated about science but rather use their knowledge to affirm their predetermined beliefs....
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Climate Armageddon: How the World’s Weather Could Run Amok
Adapted from The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can...
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Climate Pact Process Stumbles as Countries Bicker
Less than six months after the world agreed to craft a new climate pact by 2015, negotiations stumbled at...
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Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return?
Four decades ago, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer model called World3 warned of a possible catastrophic course for...
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Climate Change Miscues May Shrink Species’ Outer Limits
Throughout the world, climate change is causing age-old ecological partners to miss their cues as seasons shift. The trend...
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Toxic Mercury Accumulates in Arctic
Both atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers carry mercury, a toxic element, north into the Arctic Ocean...
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Damage From Chemical Exposure Passed Down for Generations
New research has shown that exposure to commonly used chemicals causes changes in rats that are passed down through...
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Arctic Melt Releasing Ancient Methane
Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is...
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Pollution in Thunderclouds Increases Global Warming
Pollution is leading thunderstorm clouds to capture heat, increasing global warming in a way that climate models have failed...
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Stanford Scientists Document Fragile Land-Sea Ecological Chain
Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles did not set out to discover one of the longest ecological interaction chains ever...